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Meridian Care of Alice

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  • Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Meridian Care of Alice's website

218 219 N King St,
Alice TX 78332

(361) 664-4366

58.8% estimated occupancy 1

Meridian Care of Alice is a very-large nursing home located in Alice, Texas. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires strong scores in most areas. This place truly has plenty working in its favor. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Alice, Texas badge

Best Nursing Home in Alice, Texas Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to point out that this facility has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our most elite grades. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.55654 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. We weighed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home's least impressive area is short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area. In spite of a few favorable grades in other categories, this score is still a bit of a concern so we would like to to make a note of it. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. In this place's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 3.2 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Meridian Care of Alice Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Meridian Care of Alice, 5.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Meridian Care of Alice, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Meridian Care of Alice, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Meridian Care of Alice, 7.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Meridian Care of Alice, 35.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Meridian Care of Alice, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Meridian Care of Alice, 99.13% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Meridian Care of Alice, 12.04% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Meridian Care of Alice, 9.79% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Meridian Care of Alice, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Meridian Care of Alice, 9.79% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Meridian Care of Alice, 14.26% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Meridian Care of Alice, 81% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Christus Spohn Hospital AliceAcute Care Hospitals 2.16 miles away2500 E Main Street Alice Texas 78332Voluntary non-profit - Private(361) 661-8016

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bay Area Dialysis Services at Alice2.05 miles away901 Medical Center Blvd Alice Texas 78332CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (361) 668-8055
  • Alice Renal Center2.14 miles away2345 Alice Regional Blvd Alice Texas 78332CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (361) 664-1723